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HYDROOARBON BURNER. No. 396.226. Patent d I? 1 5, 1889.

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I UNITED STATES PATIENT OFFIC JAMES L. NEIVTON, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

HYDROCARBON-BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,226, dated January 15, 1889. Application filed February 3, 1888. Serial No. 262,894 (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JAMES L. NEWTON, a citizen of theUnited States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon-Burners, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This improvement relates to burners for using fluid fuel, such as crude petroleum or any of the products of petroleum, or other fluid fuels; and the invention consists of a burner of a peculiar construction, adapted to be applied under boilers for locomotives or other engines, or to heaters of all kinds, including cooking-stoves, ranges, and steam or hot-air heating apparatus, as hereinafter more fully described, and then definitely pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of my burner with hinged cover thrown open, and having a part of the corner broken away to show interior construction. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the same. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of my new burner closed, and Fig. 4 shows a section of a locomotiveboiler with my improvement in use.

I will first describe the construction of the burner, as shown on Sheet 1, in which A represents a metallic box, which may be of any dimensions suitable for the special use to which the burner is to be applied.

Bis a metallic cover for said box, and is provided with a hinged lid portion, 0, capable of being thrown back, as seen in Fig. 1. The said cover B may be secured with bolts or rivets, if desired, to prevent its removal by jarring or otherwise D is a float, preferably made of wood, and is provided on its top surface with a metallic perforated plate, E, secured so as to leave a very little space between themsay about one-sixteenth of an inch, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

P is a supply-pipe leading into the bottom of the box A from any suitable supply sourcesuch as a tank or can-located in a convenient and safe position for feeding fuel to the burner.

The lid C is provided with a handle, H, for opening or closing it and for holding the lid up in an inclined. position when thrown back, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby it may be thrown for shutting the box and putting out the fire in case of accident or otherwise.

The operation is as follows: The boX being provided with fluid beneath the float, which is buoyed thereon, a portion of which enters the space between the float and its metallic perforated plate, is set on fire by means of a lighted match or torch, and burns above said perforated plate, and, being constantly fed through said perforations, keeps up a very steady and hot fire of burning flames. The supply beneath the float may be regulated by any suitable means for keeping up an even and steady supply of fuel to the boX-such as a valve at V.

This burner is adapted to be placed beneath the flues of steam-boilers for generating steam for motor or other purposes, or to be placed in the fire-places of cooking-stoves, ranges, or other heating apparatus, and thus serve as a substitute for coalor other fuels now used, in which position the lid C should be placed close to the front of the grate, whereby said lid 0 will act as a blower, and the flames from the oil will be directed under the grate, as will be readily seen and understood.

I attach importance to the space between the float and perforated plate, because it allows of a thin stratum of oil being subjected to the heat from the flames, which stratum is thus readily vaporized and burned, while the body of the oil is protected from heating by the float, which, being of wood, is a bad conductor of heat.

I may sometimes use a hollow metallic float, but prefer wood, as it becomes saturated with oil, and thus there is always sufficient material to be acted on and vaporized by the heat of the flames.

Should a metallic float be used, I should prefer to cover it with fibrous material, and believe that asbestus would form a good article for this purpose.

IVhen intended to be used for locomotive boilers, the burner is arranged in the firebox, as in Fig. 4, with the cover set back ward, as shown, and with an additional plate or blower, 0, set above the same and resting on the top of the cover C and against the top of the flue-plate of the locomotive. In this condition the oil is lighted and the blower directs the flames to the flues until the boiler-tubes have been sufficiently heated to produce a fair draft, when the blower 0 may be removed, and the heat generated by the flames and the heat in the flues will be sufficient to keep up the draft. I may sometimes set the hinge farther back than is shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, or I may make the entire cover loose and removable, so that it may be taken out of the fire-box of the locomotive and allow the flames to act on all parts of the fire-box. To do this it may be necessary to make the doors of the fire-box considerably larger than is usual; but as this enlargement does not form any portion of my present invention, it is unnecessary to illustrate or describe it further.

If it is preferred, the cover maybe made of some fireresisting material and be held in the back of the fire-box, and so arranged that should a collision occur the cover would fall forward and close down upon the burner, and thus, by shutting oil the air from the burner, extinguish the fire.

Besides its use in lieu of coal, my invention may be used as a fire-kindler, for it is obvious that if my burner be placed in the ash-pan of a stove the flames arising from the burner will quickly ignite the coals above it, after which, by closing down the cover C, the flame will be quickly extinguished. In such case the pipe P would not be required.

From the above it will be seen that I have produced an apparatus for burning petroleum or other oils that is not only adapted for producing heat for cooking or heating purposes, but is also equally well adapted for heating steam-boilers for either a locomotive or stationary engine, or for other purposes. Besides these purposes, it is evident that it would be adapted for use in heating railroadcars, as it is obvious that the self-extinguishing feature would be very valuable in a collision.

I consider the float D as of especial importance, as it rises and falls with the amount of oil in the receptacle, so that it is not essential that the oil should always remain at exactly the same level, because the float will always descend with the surface of the oil as the latteris burned away, whereas in cases where the corresponding part to my float is a fixture the oil must be regularly supplied or the fire will not burn to advantage.

What I claim as new is 1. The combination, with'an oil-receptacle, of a float and perforated platecarried upon the same, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with an oil-receptacle, of a float and a perforated plate supported upon and at a slight distance above said float, substantially as described.

3. The combination, with an oil-receptacle, of the float D, plate E, and the hinged cover C, having a handle on its upper side constructed to act as a stop when the cover is thrown back, whereby it performs two functions-first, as a stop, and, secondly, as a handle-substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JAMES L. NEIVTON.

Witnesses:

SADIE ERNST, CHAs-L. FISH. 

